Topic summary
49%28 analyzed articles/videos14,782 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Brooklyn results contain 50 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.5% saturation with 6,933 hits. Analysis detected 44,954 faulty-reasoning hits from 60,490 analyzed words across 28 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 8% (14,815 of 15,988 topics). This Brooklyn is better (less manipulative) than 92.70% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751007.3% percentile
1.5% BS Score28 analyzed articles60.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 5.6%5.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.5%11.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.5%8.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.9%1.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Opinion: Aspiration and Hardship in NYC’s Hottest Borough69%
City Limits46%By Jeanmarie Evelly45%7/23/2026, 8:43:51 PM
Teen arrested for shooting Brooklyn 18-year-old drill rapper to death on Mother’s Day45%
New York Daily News75%By John Annese58% Rocco Parascandola54%7/23/2026, 3:07:01 PM
Shooter in ski mask wounds 4 kids, 4 adults at Coney Island Fourth of July barbecue15%
New York Daily News75%By Rebecca White41% Rocco Parascandola54% John Annese58%7/5/2026, 12:46:28 PM
16-year-old charged in Brooklyn park killing confessed to cop: 'I just stabbed somebody'9%
New York Daily News75%By John Annese58% Roni Jacobson63%6/29/2026, 9:50:21 PM
Boy, 16, arrested for stabbing recent HS grad to death in Brooklyn park13%
New York Daily News75%By Rebecca White41% Roni Jacobson63%6/28/2026, 10:54:41 PM
Two people shot as bullets fly inside Brooklyn music venue8%
New York Daily News75%By Nicholas Williams57%6/20/2026, 11:34:49 PM
Fire engulfs historic wooden Brooklyn church, collapses steeple21%
New York Daily News75%By Roni Jacobson63%6/19/2026, 8:23:34 PM
Here are the dead animals New Yorkers found in Prospect Park over the last 4 years35%
Gothamist76%By Liam Quigley0%6/2/2026, 10:01:00 AM
Groups seen going in and out of two Brooklyn manholes, NYPD says9%
Gothamist76%By Ryan Kost75%5/30/2026, 12:24:00 PM
Framing…9%Appeal …73%Unattri…73%Biased …15%
Man, 34, stabbed to death in Brooklyn9%
New York Daily News75%By Colin Mixson63%5/28/2026, 3:02:55 AM